Yeah.. Famous is the only one I know for sure.. it's put on when they receive a shipment into their stock.

I would assume any barcode label affixed outside the shrink wrap would be a vendors inventory control label, whether it has a date or not.

Then again.. I recently bought a box of Padron that I know came from the manufacturer, with only a brief stop to re-pack it for me. and it had a barcode label on the outside... no date though.


So... I guess I'm no help at all, huh?